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Lawyer trying to get back to yeshiva.
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My new review essay, "Autonomy Comes Apart, The Mesorah Cannot Hold: Rav Soloveitchik's Afterlife in the 21st Century" is up on The Lehrhaus!

thelehrhaus.com/commentary/a...
Autonomy Comes Apart, the Mesorah Cannot Hold:Rav Soloveitchik’s Afterlife in the 21st Century | The Lehrhaus
Levi Morrow reviews four new books that examine and apply the thought of R. Joseph B. Solovetichik of blessed memory. Image: below
thelehrhaus.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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🕯️ Baruch Dayan Haemet
With great pain we share that Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Abu Dhabi, UAE, was murdered by terrorists after being abducted on Thursday.
His body was recovered early Sunday morning, and his family has been notified.
November 24, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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As one would expect from Rowan Williams this is a beautiful critique of Jordan Peterson's book. But reviewing Peterson as if he were a regular author misses the point: His performativity provocation is not designed to be part of regular discourse.

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth
The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:48 AM
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By popular demand (?), here's the Jewish studies starter pack! Still a work in progress.
go.bsky.app/QZUdJgL
November 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM